Bagua Province

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The Utcubamba River in the Amazonas Region, Peru

Bagua is a province of the Amazonas Region in Peru. It is located in the north and central part of the department of Amazonas. Its territory is rugged in all its extension. It is also cut by deep gorges that have been formed by the important rivers that cross this province, as well as their numerous tributaries.

Bagua's heights are very varied. They can mainly go up to 400 m. in the the banks of Marañón and Santiago rivers up to 2500 m. in the mountain zone of the south.

Tigrillo, one of the fauna species in Bagua, Peru

The province is crossed from south-west to north-east by the Marañón river, one of the principal rivers in the Peruvian Amazon. From south to north-east, it is crossed by the Chiriaco or Imaza river. From southeast to north, it is crossed by the Nieva river and from east to northwest by the Utcubamba river.

The city of Bagua is located on a natural platform raised from the right shore of the Utcubamba river. All the houses of the western part of the city have a view of the river waters.

There are a big quantity of animals that are typical of the zone: huanganas, pumas, anteaters, tigrillos, cashpaicuros, armadillos. There are also numerous snakes such as the macanche, colambo, uyurechonte, cascabel, shushupe, etc. The natives hunted them for food. Thanks to the valuable number of species, a tourist current dedicated to the sport of hunting can be achieved, of course with rules adapted to assure the survival of these species. For collectors, the quantity and variety of butterflies can be of big attraction in the wooded zone of the district principally.